At-a-Glance: The House of Representatives approved high-profile legislation on Monday afternoon (April 7) that would place restrictions on what the government could do with student data for primary and secondary school pupils in Louisiana. The bill will head to the Senate for consideration.

Schroder's bill will require Louisiana's Department of Education to start using random identification numbers, instead of Social Security numbers, when tracking student data. There would also be additional restrictions on who could access an individual student's data, without permission from his or her parents.

The debate: By the time Schroder's legislation made it to the House floor, most of the controversy surrounding the bill had evaporated. Lawmakers did not ask the sponsor a single question about the measure, even though the proposal had generated hours of emotional testimony just a couple of weeks ago.

Prior to the legislation being passed out of committee, Schroder amended the student privacy proposal to accommodate some of the concerns of Louisiana Education Superintendent John White, who said the bill could have prevented the state from receiving over a billion dollars in federal funding in its original form.

The voice: "Currently, we have no law protecting student data. There is an urgent need to protect students' privacy." -- Schroder, on the House floor, when presenting his bill

Bottom line: While not directly related to Common Core, Schroder's legislation is backed by many of the same people who want to see Common Core repealed. Those who were unhappy when proposals to scratch Common Core failed to make it out of committee last week can take some solace in the fact that this legislation is moving forward.